TV favourites Swansea City could be the Premier League’s first table-toppers

Last time: Jordi Amat (right) and Danny Welbeck at Old Trafford in January (Picture: Getty Images)

Swansea City could be the first leaders of the Premier League next season after the announcement BT Sport will screen our clash with Manchester United on the opening day of the season as their Saturday lunchtime game, making it the first game of the new season.

A victory (which would certainly be a surprise victory) at Old Trafford would mean that the Swans would top the early Premier League table even if it was just for a little over two hours until the afternoon fixtures were played out.

It is going to be one of those weeks after BT Sport and Sky Sports announced their fixtures. It is time for us football fans to head off and confirm our plans for the opening weeks of the season taking into account the fixtures that have been moved to accommodate the TV cameras.

The Swans were one of the favourites for TV coverage last seaspm with more than their fair share of games being shown live and I have a feeling we may find this season turning into the same type of scenario.

Add to that opening fixture at Old Trafford and we have games on live away to Stoke and home to both Leicester and Arsenal in the opening months of the season. There is the chance that some other games will turn into Monday night games later in the season given our lack of participation in Europe although I have to say how pleasing it is to see the 3pm Saturday fixture being so prominent in the opening months .

We are used to TV coverage on the opening weekend – this will be the third season of our four back in the top flight that we have featured in front of the cameras although we would hope to do better than the previous two appearances where we have conceded eight goals. Four at Manchester City in our first ever Premier League game and again at home to United last year.

This will be our eighth meeting with United since returning to this level and we have so far gained one win and one draw from the previous seven, although the positive is our win was at Old Trafford last season – albeit in the FA Cup.

With the World Cup now over the countdown to the Premier League season has officially began. With around a month to go, is there enough time to practice ‘we are top of the league’?